US lawmaker calls for end of all technology exports to China’s Huawei, SMIC

 

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The US Commerce Department should end all technology exports to Huawei and China’s top semiconductor firm SMIC following the discovery of new chips in Huawei phones that may violate trade restrictions, said Mike Gallagher, the chair of the House of Representatives’ committee on China.

The comments after Huawei last week launched new flagship phone Mate 60 Pro, which contains a chip that analysts believe was made with a technology breakthrough by Semiconductor International Manufacturing Corp (SMIC).

“This chip likely could not be produced without US technology and thus SMIC may have violated the Department of Commerce’s Foreign Direct Product Rule,” Gallagher said.

“The time has come to end all U.S. technology exports to both Huawei and SMIC to make clear any firm that flouts U.S. law and undermines our national security will be cut off from our technology.”